''Tsukamurella strandjordii'' is a

Gram-positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. Gram-positive bacte ...

and

aerobic Aerobic means "requiring air," in which "air" usually means oxygen. Aerobic may also refer to * Aerobic exercise, prolonged exercise of moderate intensity * Aerobics, a form of aerobic exercise * Aerobic respiration, the aerobic process of cellu ...

bacterium from the genus of

Tsukamurella ''Tsukamurella'' is a Gram-positive, non- spore-forming, rod-shaped and obligate aerobic Aerobic means "requiring air," in which "air" usually means oxygen. Aerobic may also refer to * Aerobic exercise, prolonged exercise of moderate intensi ...

which has been isolated from the blood of a young girl with acute mycelogenous leukemia.

References

External links

Type strain of ''Tsukamurella strandjordii'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Mycobacteriales Bacteria described in 2002 {{Actinobacteria-stub